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And the Olympic Gold for Unmatched Brilliance Goes to …

‘Richard Williams at the Olympic Stadium watches the master beat the pupil – just – as Jamaica sweeps the board in the 200m’, Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/09/usain-bolt-fifth-gold

Usain Bolt is an all-but-impossible track and field act to follow’, NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/sports/olympics/olympic-mens-200-meters-bolt-and-blake.html?hp&pagewanted=all

‘The world’s fastest man has run right through history’s barriers’, Telegraph Online:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9465731/London-2012-Olympics-Half-man-half-superhero-Usain-Bolt-powers-right-through-the-barriers-of-history.html

Even if he says so himself (‘It’s what I came here to do. I’m now a legend, I’m also the greatest athlete to live. I am in the same category as Michael Johnson.’), Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/10/usain-bolt-london-2012-olympic-games-gold-medal

‘No chance. Bolt was upright, magnificent and proud, an athlete for the ages doing his thing when it mattered’, Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/brilliant-bolt-flies-to-golden-double-8027330.html

‘Usain Bolt crossed the line with his finger to his lips, calling for those who queried him to now be quiet. No one was silent in the stadium, but no one was questioning him either’, Sydney Morning Herald:

http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/athletics-london-2012/usain-bolt-creates-history-as-first-man-to-defend-olympic-sprint-double-20120810-23xug.html

‘State of the Art: An E-Mail Service With Lots of Smarts’, David Pogue in NYT

‘Outlook.com represents a rethink of what the basic features should be in an e-mail program[me]‘:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/technology/personaltech/outlookcom-an-e-mail-service-with-lots-of-smarts-state-of-the-art.html?ref=davidpogue&pagewanted=all